US 6,655,078 B2Granted

Insect trapping panel assembly for a mosquito attracting appratus

AssigneeThe Coleman Company, Inc.

InventorsDoug Winner, Judith Brooks, John Laverack, Greg Weaver, Bob Bruno

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Abstract

A mosquito and biting insect attracting apparatus that includes a heat element (a thermal lure), a source of carbon dioxide (CO2), and a source of a chemical biting insect attractant, such as octenol. The heat for the thermal lure and the source of CO2 are provided by a propane flame. The thermal lure includes a structure that surrounds a propane burner and that is heated by the burner to a temperature that is similar to that of a small animal, such as 95 to 115 degrees Fahrenheit. The structure includes a series of baffles and conduction elements that permit the structure to have a substantially constant heat signature, which is desirable for attracting mosquitoes and other biting insects. A mechanism may be provided for trapping or killing the attracted mosquitoes, such as an adhesive substance or an electronic grid.

Claims23

Dependent claims

An insect trapping apparatus, comprising:

a first tray capable of being shaped to at least a partly tubular configuration and defining a front side;
a back side, a first outer edge, and a second outer edge opposite the first outer edge and extending substantially parallel to the first outer edge when the first tray is in the at least partly tubular configuration, the front side being arranged so that the front side comprises an outer surface of the first tray when in the at least partly tubular configuration;
and
an adhesive substance on the front side of the first tray;
a first guide on the first outer edge of the first tray for fitting onto a first elongate substantially straight rail, the first guide comprising a first structure configured to extend along a first side of the first rail and a second structure configured to extend along a second side of the first rail opposite the first side, the first and second structures being arranged so that the first rail is captured between the first and second structures when the first and second structures are fitted onto the first rail;
and
a second guide on the second outer edge of the first tray for fitting onto a second elongate substantially straight rail spaced from the first rail and extending substantially parallel to the first rail.

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An insect trapping apparatus, comprising:

a first panel having a first outer edge and an inner edge;
a second panel having a first edge and a second edge and attached along the first edge to the inner edge of the first panel;
a third panel having a second outer edge and an inner edge and attached at the inner edge to the second edge of the second panel;
the first panel, the second panel, and the third panel being formed so that a cross-section across the three panels is a half-hexagon;
adhesive substance on front sides of the first panel, the second panel, and the third panel;
a first guide on the first outer edge of the first panel for fitting onto a first elongate substantially straight rail, the first guide comprising a first structure configured to extend along a first side of the first rail and a second structure configured to extend along a second side of the first rail opposite the first side, the first and second structures being arranged so tat the first rail is captured between the first and second structures when first and second structures are fitted onto the first rail;
and
a second guide on the second outer edge of the third panel for fitting onto a second elongate substantially straight rail spaced from the first rail and extending substantially parallel to the first rail.

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An insect trapping apparatus, comprising:

two adhesive trays, each comprising:
a first panel having a first outer edge and an inner edge;
a second panel having a first edge and a second edge and attached along the first edge to the inner edge of the first panel;
a third panel having a second outer edge and an inner edge and attached at the inner edge to the second edge of the second panel;
the first panel, the second panel, and the third panel being formed so tat a cross-section across the three panels is a half-hexagon;
adhesive substance on front sides of the first panel, the second panel, and the third panel;
a first guide on the outer edge of the first panel for fitting onto a first elongate substantially straight rail, the first guide comprising a first structure configured to extend along a first side of the first rail and a second structure configured to extend along a second side of the first rail opposite the first side, the first and second structures being arranged so that the first rail is captured between the first and second structures when the first and second structures are fitted onto the first rail;
and
a second guide on the outer edge of the third panel for fitting onto a second elongate substantially straight rail spaced from the first rail and extending substantially parallel to the first rail;
the two adhesive trays being configurable to extend on opposite sides of a structure.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 10/095,336Filed 11 Mar 2002 · continuation
Priority: 17 Oct 2001
Published: US 2003/0070345 A117 Apr 2003
Granted: 2 Dec 2003
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification9 codes

A01M 1/223
Killing insects by electric means: by using electrocution
A01M 1/023
With devices or substances, e.g. food, pheronones attracting the insects: attracting insects by the simulation of a living being, i.e. emission of…
A01M 1/14
Stationary means for catching or killing insects: catching by adhesive surfaces
F23D 14/28
Burners for combustion of a gas, e.g. of a gas stored under pressure as a liquid: in association with a gaseous fuel source, e.g. acetylene…

Family

Application09/981,330Parent of this continuation · filed 17 Oct 2001
US 2003/0070346 A1Pre-grant publication · published 17 Apr 2003
US 2003/0070345 A1Published application
US 6,594,946 B2Related patent
US 6,655,078 B2This patent

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